Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority & The DP World Tour

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00:00It's amazing in Ras Al Khaimah to be hosting the DP World Tour in the Emirates for the

00:10second year in a row.

00:11Last year was such a big success, I mean it was a nail-biting golf tournament, but alone

00:16to be able to highlight all of the wonderful things that this Emirates gets to offer and

00:20to do it with this amazing weather, the greens look fantastic, the players seem to be having

00:24a great time, we're absolutely loving it.

00:27When you look at the Emirates and the growth that it goes, tourism is the fastest contributor

00:31to GDP in the Emirates and this will only continue to grow in the coming years.

00:36Tourism is a great factor that contributes to the livability of an Emirates and as you

00:40can see in the UAE, 12% of the country's GDP comes from tourism and as an oil-rich country

00:47that is a significant amount and the Emirates only further contributes to that.

00:52So Ras Al Khaimah is a very, very touristic destination.

00:55You have everything from the highest mountain in the UAE, Jebel Jais, where we've got the

00:59world's longest zipline, which is absolutely fantastic, the Jebel Jais flight, lots of

01:04adventure, hiking, nature experiences that are fantastic.

01:07Then when you get down to the coast, we have 64 kilometers of white sand beach, amazing

01:13hotels that do great accommodation, beautiful weather and then we've also got the desert.

01:19So the three topographies all come together and some of our nature reserves in the desert

01:23are fantastic where you get to see the oryxes and the camels and the deers all in wildlife

01:29merging together, but it's a great Emirate to truly experience some of the most wonderful

01:34enjoyments on a vacation.

01:38Golf is such a wonderful experience where the entire city comes together to be able

01:43to host it and we look forward to hosting the Ras Al Khaimah Championship for two more

01:47years but sports tourism doesn't just stop on golf.

01:51We're hosting the Rack Half Marathon in a couple of weeks.

01:54We also won the bid for the Mini Football World Cup at the end of the year, which we're

01:59very excited about and sports is a great part of an Emirate that provides sunshine, safety,

02:05security and just unbelievable experiences from the UAE cycling tournaments to the triathlons

02:10that we do and everything else, so we're quite excited about it.